Sebastian Vettel has won the last two F1 World Championships. While in 2010 he had to wait to the season finale in Abu Dhabi, where he arrived as outsider candidate to the title behind Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber, in 2011 he was able to clinch the title in Japan with still four races to go. In an interview with German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, the German driver has addressed the reasons why both seasons looked so different; and he does not think it […]

Kimi Raikkonen will test the 2010-spec Renault R30 Formula 1 car for two days on January 23-24 at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, according to a report by Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat. The private test session will be used to familiarize himself with the steering wheel and the controls of a Formula 1 car. Raikkonen's first test with the 2012-spec Lotus along with Pirelli tyres however, will only take place on February 7 at the first pre-season testing session in Jerez, Spain. The 2007 […]

Organisers of the Bahrain Grand Prix are pushing ahead with preparations for April's race. Last year's pre-season test and race at the Sakhir circuit were cancelled amid the civil uprising within the troubled island Kingdom. F1 has scheduled to return to Bahrain this year but reports of strife persist, amid claims from human rights groups that the sport's participants should boycott the April 22 event. But a spokesman for the circuit says Bahrain has taken strides forward with the independent report into the unrest, insisting […]

Nico Hulkenberg was dropped by Williams at the end of the 2010 season for Pastor Maldonado because the Venezuelan driver brought substantial sponsorship from companies in his home country to the cash-strapped team. Hulkenberg then moved to Force India as a reserve driver in 2011, driving for the team during Friday practice sessions. “It was a wasted year. I should have been racing and not watching," said Hulkenberg to Autosport magazine, referring to the year he spent on the sidelines as a Force India reserve […]

Fernando Alonso has named Mercedes as a dark horse for the 2012 season. Together at the German marque's new works team since 2010, Michael Schumacher's return to F1 has been the subject of much criticism while it has been said teammate Nico Rosberg could go his entire career without a win. But Alonso, the lead driver at Ferrari, insists he does not underestimate the German duo, or the Ross Brawn-led Mercedes team, even though they were soundly beaten by Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari in […]

Reflecting on a 2011 season that was dominated by Sebastian Vettel

Kimi Raikkonen enjoys driving anything that moves fast. This has been a known fact for some time now. The stories about boat competitions in gorilla suits and snowmobile races under the pseudonym ‘James Hunt’ made big headlines during his first stint in Formula 1. The two-year long sabbatical from the rigid world of F1 allowed him to try out whatever he felt like trying, with the small difference that now, he entered events under his own name. In addition to his participation in the World […]

Dr Riccardo Ceccarelli is no longer overseeing Robert Kubica's rehabilitation process due to differences in opinion over how his rehabilitation should proceed in the future, according to a report by Italian website OmniCorse.it. If these revelations are indeed true, it would be a surprising move, given that Ceccarelli has been a friend and a doctor to the Polish driver since 2003. Ceccarelli, who runs the Italian sports clinic Formula Medicine in Viareggio, has been involved in Kubica's rehabilitation since the tragic accident at the Ronde […]

All throughout 2010 Kimi Raikkonen was a silly season by himself. The rumours about what he would do in 2011 started even before he stepped into his Red Bull-sponsored Citroen C4 for the first time in January 2010. The main question was whether he was going to return to F1 or not, but the Iceman would never give a clear answer. He was linked to the Red Bull F1 team and later on with Renault, yes, the same team he is going to drive for […]

It is the nature of modern F1 that has contributed to Michael Schumacher's difficult comeback so far, the seven time world champion has insisted. Two years ago now, the famous German - who will turn 43 next month - announced his return after a three-year break to the sport he once dominated. Having scooped an incredible 91 wins and 154 podiums in his first career, Schumacher is yet to return to the rostrum after one of his 38 grands prix with Mercedes since 2010. It […]

Bruno Senna appears headed for a return to the reserve driver role at Lotus for 2012. With the Enstone based team known as Renault this year, the Brazilian began 2011 in the third driver role before graduating to the race cockpit mid-season when Nick Heidfeld was ousted. Lotus, however, has named Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean for the race cockpits in 2012. Senna, 28, has been quoted this week as admitting a return to a reserve role is possible for 2012, especially if he is […]

On November 29th, Lotus Renault GP (Lotus F1 Team next season) announced they had signed 2007 Formula 1 champion Kimi Raikkonen as their number one driver for 2012 and 2013. The news means the 'Iceman' is back in Formula 1 after a two year 'sabbatical', as he called it back in 2009. But what has Raikkonen been doing during this time? One thing is clear, he has not been idle: he has been rallying, racing in NASCAR, racing enduro bikes and snowmobiles, testing Le Mans […]